Dictionary Definition
supplementary adj
1 added to complete or make up a deficiency;
"produced supplementary volumes"; "additional reading" [syn:
supplemental,
additional]
2 functioning in a subsidiary or supporting
capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn:
auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Additional; added to supply what is wanted.
Translations
- Finnish: täydentävä, lisä-, täydennys-
References
Extensive Definition
The term supplementary can refer to a number of
things:
- Supplementary angles
- Supplementary Benefit - a former benefit, payable in the United Kingdom
- Supplementary questions asked during Prime Minister's Questions
supplementary in French:
Supplémentaire
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accessory, accidental, added, additional, adjunct, adscititious, adventitious, ancillary, annexed, another, appended, appurtenant, ascititious, attached, auxiliary, casual, circumstantial, collateral, contingent, contributory, excess, extra, extraneous, farther, fortuitous, fresh, further, incidental, inessential, more, new, nonessential, other, plus, secondary, spare, subordinate, subsidiary, superadded, superfluous, supernumerary, supervenient, supplemental, supportive, surplus, ulterior, unessential